Conveyer stand



R. LAEL 2,111,452

CONVEYER STAND Filed NOV. 20, 1956 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 15, 1938UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE 2,111,452 CONVEYER STAND Ralph Lael, Lenoir,N. 0.

Application November 20, 1936, Serial No. 111,946

1 Claim.

This invention relates to stands especially adapted for use in furniturefactories employing endless conveyers for the conveying of head and footends of beds and like furniture and has for the primary object theprovision of a simple and inexpensive device which may be easily andquickly adapted to a head or foot end of a bed to engage with theconveyer guide rail to support said head or foot end and prevent thelatter from contacting the guide rail and thereby obviate the danger ofdamaging or injuring the finish of the head or foot end during itsmovement by the conveyer,

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention,

reference is to be had to the following description and accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a standconstructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary front elevation illustrating a bed endequipped with my invention.

Figure 3 is an end elevation illustrating the same.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the connection of myinvention to the bed end.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view showing my invention adaptedto a bed end and the latter located on an endless conveyer.

In the manufacture of bed ends it is a common practice to employ anendless conveyer, as shown at l for conveying the bed ends in an uprightposition the conveyer leaning against a guide rail 2. This way ofhandling bed ends subject them to damage by chafing against the guiderail 2 and thereby destroys the finish. To prevent damage to the finishmy invention can be readily adapted to a bed end and consists of a bar 3to which is secured a plate 4. The plate 4 is located adjacent one endof the bar 3 and is provided with notches 5 and 6. Bed ends are providedwith grooves I to receive ends of side rails of the bed and have locatedtherein anchoring pins 8. In adapting my invention to the bed end theplate A is positioned in the recess 1 with the pins 8 occupyingpositions within the notches 5. The bar 3 then parallels the bed end andcomes in contact with the rail 2 when the bed end is supported by theconveyer. It isto be understood that a pair of devices constructed inaccordance with my invention is adapted to a single bed end, as shown inFigure 5.

Stands of the character shown and described can be easily adapted to abed end and removed therefrom after the removal of the bed ends from theconveyer.

Having described the invention, 1' claim:

A stand comprising a bar and a plate secured to the bar adjacent one endand having notches to engage with anchoring pins of a bed end fordetachably securing the bar to said bed end and with the bar extendingin parallelism with the bed end.

RALPH LAEL.

